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2004 First Edition TIGER/Line Files

The current boundaries represented in the 2004 First Edition TIGER/Line files
are those reported to the Census Bureau by April 1, 2004 as being in effect
as of January 1, 2004. The 2004 First Edition TIGER/Line files include the
new Record Type M. Record Type M provides spatial metadata for each feature
in a TIGER/Line file, identifying the source for the spatial coordinates.

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The dynamic map below enables you to zoom into a particular county and download the TIGER/Line files for that county. Please note that this function only includes the states; it does not include Guam and other island areas.

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You can also choose to browse alphabetical lists of states
and counties. This is especially useful for those geographic regions hard to pinpoint on a map (like Guam),
and for downloading files for an entire state.

About the Files

The Congressional Districts appearing in the 2004 First Edition
TIGER/Line files are for the 106th and 108th Congresses. At the time
the benchmarks used to create the 2004 First Edition TIGER/Line files
were created, the U.S. Census Bureau had not received the 109th
Congressional Districts from all the states.

The Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas appearing in the
2004 First Edition TIGER/Line files are those defined by the U.S.
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on June 6, 2003.

The Census 2004 First Edition TIGER/Line data dictionary contains
a complete list of all the fields in the 20 record types which are listed below.

Record Type 1 Complete Chain Basic Data Record

Record Type 2 Complete Chain Shape Coordinates

Record Type 4 Index to Alternate Feature Identifiers

Record Type 5 Complete Chain Feature Identifiers

Record Type 6 Additional Address Range and ZIP Code Data

Record Type 7 Landmark Features

Record Type 8 Polygons Linked to Area Landmarks

Record Type A Polygon Geographic Entity Codes: Current Geography

Record Type B Polygon Geographic Entity Codes: Corrections

Record Type C Geographic Entity Names

Record Type E Polygon Geographic Entity Codes: Economic Census

Record Type H TIGER/Line ID History

Record Type I Link Between Complete Chains and Polygons

Record Type M Feature Spatial Metadata Record

Record Type P Polygon Internal Point

Record Type R TIGER/Line ID Record Number Range

Record Type S Polygon Geographic Entity Codes: Census 2000

Record Type T TIGER Zero-Cell ID

Record Type U TIGER/Line ID Overpass/Underpass Identification

Record Type Z ZIP+4AE Codes

The TIGER/Line data is stored in compressed format in
subdirectories by state name. There is one TIGER/Line file
(in a compressed format) for each county or county equivalent.
The file names consist of TGR + the 2-digit state FIPS (Federal
Information Processing Standards) code + the 3-digit county FIPS
code (i.e. TGR01031.ZIP for Coffee County, Alabama.) Each state
folder contains individual county files.

The individual county files include one file for each record type
included for that county with the following name convention: tgr01031.rt1.
The convention follows the order described above with each file having a
suffix which includes 'rt' (record type) followed by its designation
(in this case record type 1). Each county file also contains its own
metadata record.

All documentation files for the TIGER/Line data are stored in a directory
named '0docs' which is located in the 'Parent Directory'. This directory
appears at the top of the index of state subdirectories for each edition
of the TIGER/Line files. The documentation includes a complete list of
FIPS state and county codes.